String Pieced Quilt Completed

We are half-way through May already.  Below is another barn photo with a quilt in it.  After I completed it, I took it to show Betty, who's eleven string pieced blocks got this whole project going for me.  She did like it, but she does not recall the eleven blocks or quilting at all.  She, her hubby, and Mimi the pooch now reside in assisted living.   

We just came back from a week-long trip to Ely, Nevada.  I feel like the quilt on the barn photo could have been taken in Ely, but I took the photo before our trip.  There really are interesting things going on in and around Ely, and no crowds.  We had a great time and were not ready to come back home, but we had to, or our plants would have died.  I took my sewing machine and a project. I took three books to read, but I read zero.  I did zero sewing.  I darned one sock and a nice size hole that was in the seam near the left knee of my favorite pink jeans.  I glued a bunch of buttons onto a lunch box that I spray painted blue.  It was such a relaxing and fun week!

Ebony and Marsha came with us.  Ebbs is getting better about not spending the entire trip under the quilt on the bed.

Marsha has not posted any of the photos of herself on the doll quilt blog yet, so here is one.  

We visited the Nevada Northern Railway and we rode on the train pulled by the steam engine.  I love the noise it makes. 

 Ward Charcoal Ovens.

The road back to Ely (heading north).

At the White Pine County Historical Museum.

On the main drag.

Today we went to the Nick Cave exhibit at the Boise Art Museum (BAM).  WOW! I have to rethink cleaning out and giving my sweaters to Goodwill. I have this stack of doilies that I could not part with, but do not use. I have an entirely new sewing project in my not too distant future.  My pet peeve with BAM is they do not allow photos to be taken in their museum.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, lets you take photos, and so does that fancy art museum in North Carolina, but not BAM. So, I went on-line, after we got back from our gluten-free lunch at Five Guys and an eye-opening time at the art museum, and found a ton of photos of Nick Cave's creations.  So, I have picked one, to put on my blog, so you can see what fantastic textile artistry is going on here. Although he also reuses found materials from thrift stores, including ceramic bird nic-nacs, old metal toys, metal sculptures, afghans, bags, hats, doilies, buttons, etc.  His costume creations are fantastic. They are stunning from a distance, and the tiny details are fabulous.  Part of the sleeve on one of the costumes had reverse applique on it that made the design.  I so wished I could take a photo.  Here is a photo I found on-line that shows some of the yarn and button detail on one of the costumes.